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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1964

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S.A. ROSE BY 40 PER CENT IN VALUE. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $4 566 MILLION OR 39%); TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 278 MILLION OR 109%) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 924 MILLION OR 112%). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $211 MILLION OR 7%) AND TRANSISTORS AND DIODES (BY $168 MILLION OR 61%).

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE REGISTERED FOR METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $612 MILLION OR 740%); OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $247 MILLION OR 338%) AND TEXTILES (BY $104 MILLION OR 21%). HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR OFFICE AND STATIONERY SUPPLIES (BY $28 MILLION OR 59%).

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING CLOTHING (BY $253 MILLION OR 6%) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $197 MILLION OR 303%). HOWEVER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF DECREASED BY $13 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TEXTILES (BY $654 MILLION OR 69%) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $155 MILLION OR 25%) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN OF METALLI FEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (BY $132 MILLION OR 60%).

THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE 10 MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMAR I SED IN TABLE 3.

DEMAND FOR IMPORTED GOODS FROM CHINA REMAINED STRONG. INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN TEXTILES (BY $3 121 MILLION OR 53) CLOTHING (BY $1 725 MILLION OR 37%); MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS (BY $380 MILLION OR 31%); VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $341 MILLION OR 20%); AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $293 MILLION OR 35%).

AS FOR IMPORTS FROM JAPAN, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $2 344 MILLION OR 74%) AND TEXTILES (BY $1 644 MILLION OR 39%). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR ROAD VEHICLES (INCLUDING AIR CUSHION VEHICLES) (BY $494 MILLION OR 18%), AND GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $130 MILLION OR 9%).

INCREASES IN IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. WERE MOSTLY OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 604 MILLION OR 95%), PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (BY $505 MILLION OR 311%) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $412 MILLION OR 29%). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN IMPORTS OF GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $147 MILLION OR 20%) AND PEARLS, PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES UNWORKED OR WORKED (BY $103 MILLION OR 13%).

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